“If only it were real.”

“If only it were real.' he says.”

“In a story, you can turn to the front and begin again and everyone lives once more. That doesn't work in real life. And I love my real people the most.”

“In the absence of real thunder, he's making his own.”

“Red is the first color of spring. It's the real color of rebirth. Of beginning.”

“Sometimes paper is just paper, words are just words. Ways to capture the real thing. Don't be afraid to remember that.”

“I could write paper people and I would love them too; I could make them almost real.”